Section 1: Tasks

Question 1. Play a video of birds on the TV. Does your cat: _/3
1. Never realise it’s just a video and try to catch the birds
2. Take a bit of time but eventually realise it’s a video
3. Quickly realise it’s a video and that they can’t actually catch them
Question 2. Place a mirror in front of your cat. Does your cat: _/3
1. Try to fight their reflection
2. Show interest but soon realise it’s a reflection
3. Immediately know it’s a reflection and show disinterest
Question 3. Place some string on your cat’s back. Do they: _/3
1. Do nothing
2. Ripple their fur
3. Somehow remove the string
Question 4. Show your cat their favourite toy, and then hide it. Do they: _/3
1. Never find it
2. Find it in under 30 seconds
3. Find it in under 15 seconds

Section 2: Observations (Score 1-5)

Question 5.
Does your cat wake up at the same time / have a similar morning routine? _/5
Question 6.
Does your cat go to bed at the same time / have a similar evening routine? _/5
Question 7.
Does your cat like a variety of different foods? _/5
Question 8.
How does your cat communicate they want feeding? _/5
1. They don’t
2. Sit by their bowl
3. Meow relentlessly
4. Lead you to the bowl (or where the food is kept)
5. 2, 3 & 4
 Section 2 (Continued): Observations (Score 1-3)

Question 9. Does your cat make different sounds for different needs? _/3
1. My cat rarely makes a sound
2. My cat makes a few different sounds
3. My cat makes loads of different sounds for different needs
Question 10. How many words does your cat recognise? _/3
1. 1-5
2. 6-10
3. 11+
Question 11. When stroking your cat, do they move to encourage you to stroke certain
spots? _/3
1. No, they stay still
2. Slightly / occasionally
3. They don’t sit still, always telling me where to stroke
Question 12. Can you teach your cat tricks? _/3
1. No way
2. Yes, but only basic tricks and very slowly
3. Yes, with ease
Question 13. If yes, how long do they remember these tricks? _/3
1. No
2. A few days or weeks, with reminder training
3. More or less forever, with reminder training

Section 3: Human Evaluation (1-10)

Question 14. You know your cat best! On a scale of 1-10

(with 10 being the highest), how intelligent are they? _/10
 Final Score

Section 1 Total: __/12

Section 2 Total: __/35
Section 3 Total: __/10
Overall Total: __/57

0-25 Head full of fluff

26-40 Average
41-50 Purr-etty Clever
51-57 Feline Purr-odigy